Inspired by the storytelling tradition of woven basketry, I weave with glass to form an emotional connection with the viewer. Patterns in the natural world are abstracted, to explore contradictions inherent in our transformative journey - fragility/strength, precariousness/stability, vulnerability/resilience. In utilizing a process imbued with repetition, action gives way to form, transforming an often simple pattern into a complex whole. Abstraction serves as a vehicle to express metaphors for the human experience, as identity and the push/pull with our environment are explored. Glass, with its inherent contradictions, is a material well suited to express these tensions that exist.

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